2 November 2018 From biodegradable plant pots and horticulture apps, to tools that
use satellite data to estimate crop sizes or simply make it easier to couple garden,
vineyard or orchard irrigation with elbow style joiners, the Young Horticulturist ... More >>

While the horticultural and related industries are making widespread gains when
it comes to eliminating plastic waste such as packaging for produce and single-use
plant pots in nursery production — the consensus is that innovation in the industry ... More >>

This year’s search for New Zealand’s best young horticulturalist has a distinctly
Upper North Island flavour with four out of the five contestants for New Zealand’s
top young horticulturist 2017 coming from Gisborne, Auckland, Te Puke and Waiheke ... More >>

PRESS RELEASE Royal NZ Institute of Horticulture Education Trust 25 July 2017 Primary
industries need young leader competitions to help survive future threats Call for
more companies, media and leaders to get behind competitions like Young Horticulturist ... More >>

More young Kiwis are needed to roll up their sleeves and help save New Zealand's
environment, particularly our waterways, by participating in careers that expand
horticulture as the higher value land use activity of choice. This needs to be given ... More >>

Smarts needed as rush to build houses takes toll on Auckland's green spaces Search
on for 2016 Young Horticulturist of the Year AUCKLANDERS are being warned that the
rush to build more houses – even as the Auckland Council comes under pressure to ... More >>

AUCKLANDERS are being warned that the rush to build more houses – even as the
Auckland Council comes under pressure to abandon its urban growth boundary – could
result in a massive loss of green spaces, with associated costs to the environment, ... More >>

The six finalists in this year’s ‘Young Horticulturist of the Year 2015 Competition’
will face off in the grand final showdown between small town New Zealand and the
country’s big three cities in Auckland next week. More >>